Albuquerque Police have released the recording of the 911 call that was made after two homeless men were found beaten to death over the weekend.

Albuquerque Police have released the recording of the 911 call that was made after two homeless men were found beaten to death over the weekend.

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Updated: 5:24 PM MDT Jul 23, 2014

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WEBVTT HE'S EXPECTED TO SURVIVE. IT'S A STORY GETTING NATIONAL ATTENTION. 3 ALBUQUERQUE TEENAGERS CHARGED WITH MURDER, AFTER 2 HOMELESS MEN WERE BEATEN TO DEATH. POLICE SAY THE BOYS USED THEIR FISTS, STICKS - EVEN A CINDER BLOCK. TODAY, THE 9-1-1 CALL WAS RELEASED. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER MATT HOWERTON HAS THE TAPE, AND TALKS WITH A MAN WHO WAS THREATENED BY THE SAME TEENAGERS, DAYS BEFORE THE BEATING. IT WAS A CRY FOR HELP... THAT STARTED OUT CALM AND COLLECTED ... BUT IT WOULD EVENTUALLY LEAD POLICE TO AN UNTHINKABLE MURDER SCENE. TODAY POLICE RELEASED THE CALL MADE TO 9-1-1 JUST AFTER ALLISON GORMAN AND KEE THOMPSON WERE FOUND HERE BLOODIED AND BEATEN TO DEATH. BOTH MEN WERE HOMELESS. "We had a couple of gentleman come across the street and tell us they had two dead bodies there behind the e-cig shop." "The call actually came from inside this liquor store which is next to the lot where the men were found. The manager tells us a man walked inside said he found two bodies then asked a clerk to call 9-1-1." "he said there were two dead bodies and there's three gentlemen there." 18-YEAR OLD ALEX RIOS, 16-YEAR OLD NATHANIEL CARILLO AND 15-YEAR OLD GILBERT TAFOYA WERE ARRESTED AND HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER. COURT DOCUMENTS SAY AFTER THE BEATING ONE OF THE TEENS SMEARED DIRT ON THE FACE OF ONE OF THE VICTIMS AND SAID EAT MUD. "They were behaving in a way that was really indicative of people who were really violent." JOE DEAN LIVES IN THE AREA. HE SAYS 2 DAYS BEFORE THE BEATINGS... HE CONFRONTED 5 TEENS THROWING ROCKS AT HIS DOG... DEAN CLAIMS 3 OF THE TEENS WERE RIOS... CARILLO... AND TAFOYA. "They just seemed to fit the same description as I saw on the news." "I was really fortunate I made the decisions I made to keep my mouth shut and keep my distance." THE TWO MEN... KEE THOMPSON AND ALLISON GORMAN... WERE NAVAJO... WE'VE JUST LEARNED THAT MAYOR RICHARD BERRY WILL BE MEETING WITH THE NAVAJO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ABOUT THE KILLINGS TOMORROW. IN THAT MEETING NAVAJO LEADERS WILL DISCUSS WITH THE MAYOR IF THE MEN WERE TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR HERITAGE. IN NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE... MATT HOWERTON KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. NAVAJO NATION PRESIDENT BEN SHELLY SAYS HE'S APPALLED BY THE DEATHS OF THE 2 NAVAJO MEN. SHELLY SAYS INNOCENT MEN DON'T DESERVE TO DIE IN THEIR SLEEP, AND HOPES JUSTICE WILL BE DONE. HE'S ALSO ASKING TO MEET WITH MAYOR RICHARD BERRY ABOUT THE ATTACK, AND TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO HELP THE HOMELESS POPULATION IN ALBUQUERQUE. AN ESPANOLA

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Albuquerque Police have released the recording of the 911 call that was made after two homeless men were found beaten to death over the weekend.